History of Osteopathy

Question 1

Joseph Lister

Answer 1

Father of Antiseptic Surgery reduced surgical mortaity from 45% to 15%

Question 2

Ingaz Semmelweiss

Answer 2

OBGYN reduced mortality rate by 90% by encouraging hand washing

Question 3

John Snow

Answer 3

Father of Epidemiology traced source of cholera in London

Question 4

William Budd

Answer 4

Used epidemiology to prove cholera came from bad water in Bristol

Question 5

Nils Finsen

Answer 5

Used UV in med

Question 6

Wilhelm Rontgen

Answer 6

First to systematically study X rays

X rays used diagnostically in 1896

Question 7

William Halstead

Answer 7

First to use sterile rubber gloves in 1890 in surgery

Question 8

What was AT Stills discovery that sparked interest in osteopathy/manipulation?

Answer 8

Made a rope swing to treat a headache at age eleven

Question 9

What was the first mission AT Still took over?

Answer 9

Eudora KS in 1850 after being in MO since 1830

Question 10

What made Still want to change the way medicine was practiced?

Answer 10

The death of his children from spinal meningitis and pneumonia

Question 11

What day and time did AT Still “flung the banner of osteopathy to the breeze”?

Answer 11

10 AM June 22, 1874

Question 12

When was the first recorded osteopathic treatment and where?

Answer 12

1874 in Macon Missouri

Question 13

When was the first school of osteopathy established?

Answer 13

1892

Question 14

What are the four principles of osteopathy?

Answer 14

1. Body is a unit
2. Body can self regulate
3. Structure and fxn are reciprocally interrelated
4. Rational treatment based on understanding of previous

Question 15

What was the first state to legally lisence DO’s?

Answer 15

Vermont and then North Dakota in 1896

Question 16

When did MO grant DO lisencure?

Answer 16

1897

Question 17

When was KCU founded?

Answer 17

1916 established by Kaiser and Conley also when AOA revoked ban on teaching pharmacology

Question 18

How did osteopathic care impact the 1918 spanish flu pandemic?

Answer 18

0.25% death rate much lower than other care

Question 19

What happens in 1922 leaving a huge impact on practicing osteopathy?

Answer 19

AMA declares it unethical for MD’s to associate with DO’s labeled as a cult

Question 20

What president supported allowing DO’s to serve in the military and who shot him down?

Answer 20

Teddy Roosevelt supported and vetoed by William Gorgas who threatened to remove all MD’s if DO’s were allowed.

Question 21

When did congress leagalize DO’s to serve in the armed forces and when were DO’s accepted as equals to MD’s?

Answer 21

1957 and 1963

Question 22

Who was the first commissioned DO?

Answer 22

Harry Walter

Question 23

What was the Flexner report?

Answer 23

Dr Abraham Flexner travelled to all medical schools in the US and it lead to many schools closing or merging and only 8 DO schools were left, state licensing boards became stricter as a result. He believed osteopathic medicine was important and a better curriculum was needed.

Question 24

Describe events occurring in California.

Answer 24

In 1961 california stopped granting DO licenses and offered those doctors an opportunity to change their degree to MD with classes and paying money. COPS was converted into an allopathic school. AOA made a new group called OPSC who fought to keep their DO degrees and legalize licensing again, it was resolved in 1974. 1977 College of Osteopathic med of the pacific was opened.

Question 25

Who was the first DO flag officer?

Answer 25

Rear Admiral Louis H. Eske

Question 26

Who was Jeanette Bolles?

Answer 26

the first woman to receive the DO degree and the vice president of AAAO

Question 27

Who was Louisa Burns?

Answer 27

Teacher who had spinal meningitis and was treated successfully with osteopathy. She published many books and worked in histo and postulated CT model of somatic dysfxn.

Question 28

Who was Mamie Johnston?

Answer 28

First graduate from KCCOS (KCU) in 1917, who then joined the faculty and taguth until she was 92.

Question 29

Who is Barbara Ross Lee?

Answer 29

First female dean of a medical college DO or MD. First DO to win Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy fellowship, VP of NY institute of Technology health sciences and med affairs, and the dean of NY college of osteopathic medicine

Question 30

Who was Marcelino Oliva?

Answer 30

CUban born graduate of KCU who was the first minority AOA president and president of florida osteopathic med association

Question 31

Who was William G Anderson?

Answer 31

Associate dean KCOM, currently at AT Still and involved in civil rights movement with Martin Luther King, AOA president and board of trustees